How To Install libotf-trace-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libotf-trace-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libotf-trace-dev is Open Trace format support library - compatibility symlink

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf-trace-dev on Debian 10.

What is libotf-trace-dev

libotf-trace-dev is:

OTF is a standard trace format used by several high-performance tools, using an ASCII encoding, which supports multiple streams. The libotf provides support for reading/writing them.

This package contains compatibility symlinks for the old libotf.so library name and headers.

There are three methods to install libotf-trace-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libotf-trace-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libotf-trace-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libotf-trace-dev

Install libotf-trace-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libotf-trace-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libotf-trace-dev

Install libotf-trace-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libotf-trace-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libotf-trace-dev

How To Uninstall libotf-trace-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libotf-trace-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libotf-trace-dev

Uninstall libotf-trace-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libotf-trace-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotf-trace-dev

Remove libotf-trace-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libotf-trace-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libotf-trace-dev

Remove libotf-trace-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libotf-trace-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotf-trace-dev

Dependencies

libotf-trace-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf-trace-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.